Combined stop light and tail lamp



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Application filed march 14, 1923. Serial at. ceases.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. Rrrrnnma citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland in the county of Cuyahoga and State of (lhio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Stop Lights and Tail Lamps, of' which the fol- I lowing is a full, clear, and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is a combined stop and tail light for use upon motor vehicles and i the object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient device .which will provide the usual or re ation tail light and also a stop signal which can be flashed when the ed of the vehicle is checked, and in addition to these features a sign or indicating plate which is constantly illuminated like the tail lamp and which can bear any name or legend desired such. as the name of the car or the name of the State or town and which will be visible both by day or ni ht.

ith these and certain other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention is said to Fi shows a detail of construction. t

' 11 carrying out my invention I employ a I sheet metal casing which may be of any preferred or desired shape but in the present'instance is shown semi oval, having a flat to and rounded curved bottom portin and fitting upon the. front edge of said cas' is a front cover frame 11 made also of sheet metal and having the to 12, the bottom opening 13 and t e centra or intermediate opening 14. A license plate 15 is rigidly attached to the back of. the casing for the purpose of carrying the usual license at a point below the casing and it will be noted that the bottom of the 095' is formed with an opening 16 which is close openin by means-of a sheet of celluloid or other transparent material 17 andthrough which the light fromthe tail lamp 18 passes for the purpose of. illuminatin the license plate.

The casing is subdivided into two compartments by means of a horizontal partition 19 p .which is formed .with legs 20 at each end for attachment to the sides, of the. casing and.

the horizontal portion of. the partition and also the depending legs are formed1with flanges 21 and in addition the partition is formed with upwardly projecting apertured I cars 22 near each end and also an upwardly projecting lug 23 at the center and the sides of the casing are also punched inwardly providing lugs 24 at definite intervals and these lugs 24 are in substantial alignment with the lug 23. The upwardly projecting lug 23 and the upper lugs 24: serve as positionin means for a si a1 plate 25 which is gre erably of red ass having the word p thereon and this glass may be of any desired construction so that when the lamp 26 is illuminated the word Stop will be conspicuously displayed so as to render the same visible either by day or by ni ht and it will of course be understood that t e lam 26 is of higher candle power than the Oralnary tail lamp-18. The ane of 'red glass 27 is arranged in front 0 the tail lamp 18, the edges thereof resting upon the lower lugs 24 and'resting u n-the flanges 21 is a glass plate 28 which is preferably of translucent material and is intended to have some word or name placed thereon in any suitable manner and'this'iiame or word may be the name of the car to? which the lamp isattached or it may be the name of the State or town in which the owner of the car is located.

' It will thus be seen that the stopsignalplate extends across the front of the upper compartment of thecasing and the tail light and name plate extend across the front of the lower compartment of the The front cover 0 is then placed in 'tion and screws 29 are passed throu hthe apertured ears 22 the y' securely connect'mg the front cover-plate to the and holding the stop signal glas, the ta l nal lamp.

0 same into 710C lamp glass and the name plate glass firmly positioned in front of the tail lamp andsigvisi ing and the casing is attached to the rear of the automobile in the usual manner and the tail lamp is connected as usual with the lighting system so that at night it is constantl illuminated. The signal lamp 26 is provided with a circuit which is connected with either the brake or clutch or both so that as the speed of the car is checkedthe signal lamp will be illuminated and when this signal lamp isilluminated the word Stop is conspicuously displayed and is visible either by day or night. The name plate. being of translucent materialand preferably white in color with the name or word arranged thereon in some contrasting color is le also both by day or night.

I It will thus be seen that I provide a simple and eflicient combination device capable of successfully carrying out all the objects hereinbefore referred to. The edges of the openings 12, 13 and 14 are turned inwardly so as to bind firmly against the outer faces of thenglass plates and consequently hold them fir y in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the kind described compris ing a, casing, a partition subdividing said casing into two compartments, the front edges of said partition being flanged and provided with apertured ears and a lug, the

edges of the casing also being provided with lugs, a stop signal plate positioned against the lugs of the casing and partition, a name platepositioned against the flanges of the said partition having depending legs, the

front edges of said partition and legs being flanged, said partition also having an upwardly extending lug and upwardly extending apertured ears a stop signal plate positioned against the lugs of the casing and the .upwardly extendinglug of the partition, a

name plate positioned against the flanges of the partition and legs, and a tail lamp plate positioned against the inwardly projecting lugs of the casing and a flanged frame plate arranged upon the front of the casing, screws passing through said frame plate and engaging the apertured ears of the partition, said frame plate having openings opposite the sto signal plate, name plate and tail lamp p ate.

In testimonywhereof, I hereunto aifix my si ature.

HARRY A. RIPPNER. 

